The more makeup, the better
While in many parts of the world women are going makeup-free, American women seem to remain pretty hung up on cosmetics to boost their attractiveness. How hung up? Well, Laura Mercier of the French cosmetic line with the same name, admitted that “it really astonishes me the way American women wear so much makeup,” she told The New York Times. “French women are not flashy. They must be subtle. The message must not be, ‘I’m spending hours on my face to look beautiful.'”
The American makeup trend is also quite different from that in Spain. According to Spanish Maybelline makeup artist Gato (né Ruben) Zamora, “in Spain it’s much quieter,” while Americans have no problem taking risks and putting on extravagant colors. American women “don’t care if their foundation looks orange or a different color,” he added.
Americans like it casual
Among the many things foreigners consider bizarre when it comes to the United States, is American street fashion. So many people casually wearing shorts on the street might be quite a cultural shock for other nationalities who are used to dressing in more conservative attires. For example, Antara Rao, an 18-year-old student from New Delhi, told CBS News representatives that he was really surprised to see the way people dress in America, compared to India. Read also 11 Things About the U.S. That Always Shock Foreigners.
Obviously, not all of us wear shorts, but we do like to wear casual clothes more than anything and find people wearing jeans and hoodies extremely attractive. In fact, according to Deirdre Clemente, a historian of 20th century American culture at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, “Americans have come to dress casually in a way that is very interesting as a historian,” especially if you look at the formal way we used to dress in the past.
